The numbers behind Jill Abramson and Steven Brill’s new media venture don’t add up. 4 publisher approaches to the daily newsletter. With email newsletters, what’s old is new again.
Alongside their tumultuous love affair with traffic from social networks, publishers are also reinvesting in using email to hold onto their more dedicated readers. Email may not be the sexiest way to reach audiences, but it works. “There’s still a very strong appetite for email,” said Andrew Jack, head of aggregation and curated content at The Financial Times, which launched its latest daily newsletter, FirstFT, last week. “People want something that’s always there and easy to access. It also gives us a way to push news and comments to readers in a new form.”
But while many publishers are reinvesting in newsletters, they aren’t all going about it in the same way. Here’s the tale of the tape for a handful of the newer and more popular newsletters. The Texas Tribune is 5 years old and sustainable. Now what? The newsroom of The Texas Tribune is buzzing in the waning days of the 2014 election.
Covering political contests takes a kind of muscle memory, something the nonprofit news site has accumulated since it first appeared in 2009 with the mission of covering politics, policy, and government in the capital of the Lone Star state. Back then, it was little more than a handful of reporters and developers; today, the Trib’s newsroom numbers around 22, the largest statehouse team in Texas, and on election day, reporters will be out covering it all — updating vote totals, livestreaming the end of the governor’s race, and tracking the down-ballot legislative races and issues.
If you’ve worked in a newsroom on election night, it’s a familiar machine. But seven days out from the election, the energy around the newsroom has less to do with campaign season and more with oil and gas. Indeed, The Shale Life is text-light. Flipboard, Circa, And Yahoo Deliver The News. The nearly-forgotten sound of the newspaper landing with a thud on a doorstep is being replaced by the bright chime of a smartphone notification.
Thanks to new apps, the news is once more being delivered. The latest to jump on this trend is Flipboard, which updated its app late Wednesday evening with several new features. Notable among them is the Daily Edition, a collection of links to news stories selected by Flipboard's editorial staff. Flipboard launches version 3.0: Smarter recommendations plus a curated daily newsmagazine. Flipboard founder Mike McCue says the company is taking another step towards building the world’s best personalized digital magazine by launching what he calls Flipboard 3.0.
Financial Times unveils FirstFT email aggregator to cut through stream 'information overload' The Financial Times has unveiled a FirstFT email aggregator for readers using news from FT and other sources to provide readers with key news items amid an “information overload”.
The email will be produced by a new editorial team led by new head of aggregation Andrew Jack, and will be modified to suit readers in different regions and time zones. In a statement, Jack claimed that an “information overload” was driving readers away from content streams in favour of a more specialist aggregations. “In an age of information overload where readers are shying away from the perpetual social media stream, trusted editorial judgement and aggregation is an increasingly valuable convenience for busy readers,” he said.
Opening up the archives: JSTOR wants to tie a library to the news. The Journal of Parasitology published its first issue in September 1914.
The academic journal — which, you’ll be surprised to learn, publishes scholarly writing about the study of parasites — is celebrating its 100th anniversary this fall. Ebola Deeply builds on the lessons of single-subject news sites: A news operation with an expiration date. A contagious disease outbreak seems like a good time for some explanatory journalism.
News outlets are scrambling to cover the latest developments in the Ebola outbreak with reporting that can provide background on the spread — and any potential risks — of the disease. It’s a balancing act, made more difficult by the worry and fear that surrounds the potentially deadly virus. When Fox News’ Shepard Smith is telling viewers “do not listen to the hysterical voices on the radio and the television or read the fear-provoking words online,” it’s possible there’s a misinformation problem.
That’s why Lara Setrakian launched Ebola Deeply, the latest entry in her pop-up news business, designed to collect the most recent news and provide context in the coverage of the disease. “There’s a lot of reporting, but the space could use coherence, and that’s what we hope to provide,” said Setrakian, founder of parent News Deeply. Slow info : un reportage d’aventures par jour chez Ulyces. Chaque jour un reportage d’aventures, disponible sur tout écran en « full responsive design » : tel est le pari ambitieux d’Ulyces, nouveau venu dans le paysage des médias d’informations numériques français.
Ce matin, ce pur magazine en ligne publie « Dans le viseur des snipers kurdes», l'histoire, racontée par le photo-journaliste Matt Cetti-Roberts, d'une bataille de sniper pour le contrôle d'une route dans la ville d'Al Yarubiyah, se poursuivait encore il y a quelques jours. Lancé il y a quelques semaines, cet « éditeur d’histoires vraies », privilégie le journalisme narratif, sous format long et iconographie soignée, qui tourne souvent autour des thèmes épiques de l’aventure, de la mer, des bateaux, de la guerre, des gangsters… Pas trop d’économie ou de social donc ! Loin du web-doc ou de l’analyse, Ulyces est inspiré des magazines américains de « slow info » (Atavist, ou le magnifique Road & Kingdoms). BuzzFeed now has editorial and product people in place for its forthcoming news app. Shortly after being hired as head of product for BuzzFeed’s new news app, Noah Chestnut started spending more time with his phone, downloading leading news apps, reading email newsletters, and generally checking out the competition.
“I’ve extended my commute 15 minutes so I can read on the train,” Chestnut says. “The context matters so much. The newsonomics of the millennial moment. He new wave of news sites all look like they do different things.
Vox attracts those drawn to the populist wonkiness of explainer journalism. BuzzFeed entertains those attracted by its mix of addictive animal videos and a growing news report. Journaux : 3 conseils de l’iTunes de la presse. Par Barbara Chazelle, France Télévisions, Directions Stratégie et Prospective. The new Vox daily email, explained. He old email newsletter continues its remarkable return to prominence. The latest move: Vox wants to make explaining the news a little more manageable by telling you everything you need to know in the comfort of your inbox. Tomorrow, the site will launch Vox Sentences, its first daily email newsletter, with an aim at delivering both information and utility to readers. The Dutch crowdfunded site De Correspondent is still going strong into Year 2. Nov. 25, 2014, 1:35 p.m.
First Look Media announced today that Racket, the political satire magazine originally headed by Matt Taibbi, is shutting down. Since Matt Taibbi’s departure, we’ve been working with the team he hired to consider various options for launching a project without him. After multiple explorations, we’ve decided not to pursue the project. Unfortunately, this means that the team Matt hired will be let go. The announcement follows weeks of seeming instability at the company. The New York Times and Springer Are Wrong About Blendle. InShare123 by Frédéric Filloux With its idea of creating “iTunes for the press”, Blendle rattles the news industry’s cage. « L'iTunes de l'info » Blendle prêt à chahuter la presse française - Les Echos. Blendle : des articles repris, échangés ou remboursés. Avec son «b» minuscule et sa bannière orange, le kiosque numérique Blendle s’est rapidement installé dans le paysage de la presse aux Pays-Bas. Online media: Black and white and read all over.
Blendle, l’application qui veut révolutionner le modèle économique du journalisme. Lancée en avril dernier par Alexander Klöpping et Marten Blankesteijn, deux journalistes âgés de 27 ans, l’application Blendle commence à tirer son épingle du jeu. Klöpping vient en effet d’annoncer que 3,8 millions de dollars ont été versés à sa start-up par le New York Times et la maison d’édition allemande Alex Springer. Des articles à la carte. First Look Media has forgotten the number one rule of startups. Slate lance Reader, site de curation de contenus issus des réseaux sociaux, avec une aide du « fonds Google » (lundi 6 octobre 2014) Le pure player Slate.fr lancera dans quelques jours une version en bêta privée de Reader, site dédié à la curation de contenus issus des réseaux sociaux. Explanatory news startup aims to build a new type of online community. Dutch website De Correspondent responds to negative comments sections with a new kind of quality engagement In April 2013, Nieman Lab covered the story of an amazingly successful crowdfunding campaign run by Dutch startup De Correspondent, prompting New York University journalism professor Jay Rosen to tweet the link to the piece: And just like that, De Correspondent—which is based in Amsterdam, and publishes in Dutch—was on the American (and international) media map.
After breaking records by reaching over 18,000 members and $1.7 million through crowdfunding, the site, which is dedicated to explanatory journalism rather than breaking news, launched the following September. During its first year in existence, several English-language media tackled the language barrier in return for insight into a crowdfunding success greater than the much discussed case of Matter. Can Patreon’s crowdfunding platform help journalists go direct? Jesse Brown is going to find out. «Brief.me», l’actu par mail.
Brief.me, le pari de l'info apaisée - Les Echos. Politique Gérard Larcher présidera le Sénat Les sénateurs UMP ont préféré Gérard Larcher à Jean-Pierre Raffarin pour être leur candidat à la présidence du Sénat. Brief.me, le pari de l'info apaisée - Les Echos. Politique. Avec Brief.me, un fondateur de Rue89 revient à l'essentiel de l'info - LExpress.fr. "Nous sommes partis du constat que les gens sont submergés d'infos. Il est de plus en plus dur de faire le tri, l'information n'est plus hiérarchisée, et cette tendance s'est accentuée avec les réseaux sociaux", a expliqué à l'AFP Laurent Mauriac, qui a quitté la direction de Rue89 en juin dernier pour ce nouveau projet. D'où l'idée de créer Brief.me, une lettre quotidienne envoyée par email, identique pour tous les abonnés et sans publicité.
Can Longform Become A Netflix For Journalism? How HBR Has Turned Its Old Content Into New Revenue. Presse numérique : la plateforme LeKiosk signe un accord avec SFR. Google Play Newsstand arrives on iOS to replace Currents. Jean-Charles SIMON : "FACTAMEDIA se concentre sur le brand content" Through The Wire: What happened with The Atlantic’s experiment in aggregation? The third edition of Circa is here, and improving the user experience is the name of the game. New NYT 'Watching' feature 'embraces stream mentality'
Through The Wire: What happened with The Atlantic’s experiment in aggregation? Watching what happens: The New York Times is making a front-page bet on real-time aggregation. German non-profit newsroom sharing all data and stories. Journalism curator Longform launching first iPhone app. Comment rester moderne et rentable en lançant un magazine "papier" ? Le modèle Usbek & Rica. Inside the company that rebuilt Digg. Inside the company that rebuilt Digg. Failed e-singles startup Byliner acquired by digital publisher Vook. Failed e-singles startup Byliner acquired by digital publisher Vook. A Kickstarter for journalism enters the big leagues. How Going Smaller Can Increase Print + Digital Revenues. POLITICO partners with Axel Springer for European expansion. Designer or journalist: Who shapes the news you read in your favorite apps? Wall Street Journal turns subscribers into members with WSJ+
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